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High USN-7010-1 9 CVEs

dcmtk vulnerabilities

Published Sep 17, 2024 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)

Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2121)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-43272)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28130)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled memory when processing an
invalid incoming DIMSE message. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-34508, CVE-2024-34509)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS dcmtk 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS dcmtk 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS dcmtk 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS dcmtk 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 24.04 LTS Pro:24.04:LTS dcmtk 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 9

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41687
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41688
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41689
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41690
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2121
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43272
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28130
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-34508
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-34509